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Tiffany Thomson saw a "gazillion" Hatchimals at the South Elgin Toys R Us back in October. She didn't think her kids would want one and worried it would be another Furby-type toy.

But the South Elgin woman found herself camping out at the same store in early December hoping to get one of the elusive Hatchimals — which have become the one of the hot toys of Christmas 2016.

The toy is so hot it is sold out around the world, according to experts. The South Elgin Toys R Us received 14 Hatchimals in its shipment last Sunday. Thomson arrived at 5:45 a.m. to get into a line that stretched around the building. A manager came out shortly afterward to inform the crowd of...

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